Merge and Combine Columns without Losing Data in Excel

Introduction

If you merge multiple columns of data in Excel (no matter which Excel version you are using), only the left column of data will be kept, and the data of other columns will be deleted, if you apply the "Merge and Center" command from Home tab on the Alignment panel. This tutorial is talking about how to merge or combine different columns of data into one column.

Steps
(6 total)

1

formula

Supposing you have columns of data and you need to combine the data into one column, you can deal with it with some formulas:

2

Merge columns of data

Merge columns of data without spaces between the data: =A1&B1&C1&…

3

Merge columns of data with spaces

Merge columns of data with spaces between the data: =A1&" "&B1&" "&C1&…

4

copy and paste

In cell A1, enter the formula “=A1&B1&C1” or “=A1&" "&B1&" "&C1”.

5

press Enter key

Then press Enter key and select the cell A1, drag the fill handle over the range of cells that you want to apply this formula.

6

columns of data

Now the columns of data have been merged into one column. As they are formulas, you need to copy and paste them as values when you want to paste them to other places.